BEN SOLL
The floorplan above shows my living and dining room. The living room contains many objects which line the perimeter, while the dining room solely contains a table which lives in the center of the room. In both rooms, the circulatation is outlined by the placement of the objects.
This elevation was chosen because it is the most used area in the room. It is an interesting space because it contains a juxtaposition of the old and the new. The furniture is mid-century, and the record player is from the 1960’s, while the area also contains objects representing technology of the present, like the UHD television, the xbox, and the air purifier.
My ANT map began by researching the RCA record player. As I read articles, I discovered that record player sales have seen a significant increase in the past 5 years, with the peak sales occuring during the COVID-19 lockdown. The ANT map, then, began by trying to answer the qustion as to why this increased interest is occuring at the present. The inputs and factors I found led me to a greater understanding of our interface with technology and objects. I believe these are themes that reach beyond the question of only record players. In my research I found a desire to define experience with objects, with people having a greater appreciation and enjoyment from experiences that are tied to objects. As the digital world becomes more advanced, it seems that this experience is becoming more obsolete, increasing many people’s nostalgia and desire to remain to have experiences that are tied to objects. In this particular instance, streaming giants like Spotify and Apple Music remove the act of playing music with physical objects, which has left many people nostalgically purchasing records and record players.
My organizational diagram attempts to call out the intersection between zones, symmetry, and light within my living room. The horizontal and vertical organizational lines begin at the window sill and move towards the objects and zones that they are aligned to. Horizontally, the path of light aligns perpindicular to the couch, television, and coffee table. The vertical light aligns parallel to the coffee table and couch on the right, while aligning perpindicular to the couch at the top of the diagram. The two main zones are also called out in this diagram, which are the couch and the l-shaped zone of technology. Both these zones interface with each other as the main components that define the usage of the room.
The organizational diagram lines are transformed in an attempt to abstract the project while also symbolically representing the organization of the lines. The vertical and horizontal lines use narrow arrayed shapes in attempt to represent the light and the waves that define it. The L-shaped zone and the couch are highlighted with more blocky and rigid elements to represent the fact that they are areas defined more strongly by the objects inhabiting them.
The plan view shows the general organization of the elements that have been transformed into 3 dimensions. It shows that, for the most part, the elements of the 2d drawing remain in the same place, creating space and zoning that is true the original room and the lines which diagrammatically represent it.
The cut from section gives an idea of how the shapes from the diagram grid lines were extruded into 3d. By relying purely on the basic functions of extruding into the z-axis and rotating, the project attempts to create space by using only a few moves.
The section cut GIF from top to bottom gives an idea of the general heights of objects and their complexity. The most emphasis on 3-dimensional operations occurs at the center horizontal line to emphasize the importance of the zone between the couch, the window, and the television, which is the most used zone in the room.